Catholic essays & theology
A simple public archive of Catholic essays, apologetics, theology notes, Church Fathers commentary, Scripture studies, and personal reflections.
The renewed SSPX controversy has brought questions of schism, excommunication, Vatican II, and papal authority back into focus for Catholics attached to tradition.
In this post I will be analyzing the Papacy and the justification for it through the analysis of scripture, previous teachings, and church history.
In this post I will be analyzing the origins of sin and where it comes from.
From the outside, human life can look like a storm of chance. But the Catholic faith teaches that history is not ruled by blind accident, nor by a cold impersonal fate. Creation is governed by the providence of the living God.
This is an analysis on the Catholic Church and slavery
In this post we will be analyzing whether or not the Catholic Church teaches if dogs and pets go to heaven
Many people misunderstand the Trinity. Some think Catholics believe in three gods. Others think the Trinity was invented centuries after Jesus by Church councils. Both claims are wrong.